November's Supermoon Is Closest Since 1948: 5 Surprising Facts
The supermoon of Sept. 27, 2015, rises behind Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, England. The “supermoon” of Nov. 14 — dubbed the “Beaver Moon” because it falls at a time of year when American settlers trapped beavers ahead of the winter — will be the biggest full moon observers have seen in the sky since 1948. A […]
Virtual Milky Way
Operations image of the week: A ghostly image of our Milky Way galaxy derived from satellite orientation data To source
Cool! Milky Way Shines Twice for Skywatcher (Photo)
Kelli Klymenko, a photographer in Sedona, took this image of the Milky Way from Cathedral Rock Trail in Arizona. The Milky Way appears to point right at a Juniper tree in this skywatching image from Sedona, Arizona. Kelli Klymenko , a photographer in Sedona, took the image from Cathedral Rock Trail in Arizona. It’s a […]
NASA Astronaut Honors Veterans From Space Station | Video
By Steve Spaleta | November 10, 2016 04:27pm ET Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough commemorates Veteran’s Day aboard the International Space Station. credit : NASA Watch more ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True Space Plane | Video Sh… CosMix: The Universe Is Alive With Music Goddard Space Flight Center’s Best Videos NASA Edge NEOs: […]
How to Pee in Space (and What to Do If the Toilet Breaks)
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor | November 10, 2016 03:50pm ET Credit: NASA Anything but Easy Going to the bathroom in space is anything but an easy procedure. To explain what happens on the International Space Station and the Soyuz spacecraft, Space.com spoke with veteran astronaut Mike Fossum. The three-time space flier has spent time […]
Weightless vibrations
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Vibrating ceramics in weightlessness to move liquids To source
Letter Raises Questions About SpaceX Fueling Plans and Committee Roles
SpaceX’s plans for launches of crewed Dragon spacecraft would require the crew to board prior to fueling, which has drawn the criticism of a NASA advisory panel. WASHINGTON — Criticism by one NASA advisory committee of SpaceX’s plans to conduct commercial crew missions has also raised questions about the roles and responsibilities of those advisory […]
Wind Carved Rock on Mars
The distinctively fluted surface and elongated hills in this image in Medusae Fossae are caused by wind erosion of a soft fine-grained rock. Called yardangs, these features are aligned with the prevailing wind direction. This wind direction would have dominated for a very long time to carve these large-scale features into the exposed rock. To […]
Cosmic Buzz Saw! Saturn's Rings Shine in Spectacular Photo
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this detailed image of the structure of Saturn’s rings. The intricate structure of Saturn’s iconic rings is revealed in amazing detail in a stunning new photo by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Dozens and dozens of individual ringlets are visible in the photo, which Cassini captured on Sept. 24, 2016, when the probe […]
How Rare Is a Supermoon, Really?
On Sept. 27, 2015, the supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, England. This article was originally published at The Conversation . The publication contributed the article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . As an observational astronomer who teaches students about the behavior of the moon, I’m thankful for anything that inspires people to […]
Recycling Space Junk for Missions to Mars
Thousands of pieces of space debris circle Earth in this artist’s impression. One of our sadder legacies from nearly six decades of space exploration is a chain of orbital debris surrounding Earth. Some pieces are as small as flecks of paint, while others are the corpses of dead satellites long out of fuel. NASA estimates […]
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Iceberg patrol gains faster updates from orbit
The international iceberg patrol service set up after the sinking of the Titanic is now able to track drifting ice from orbit more swiftly through ESA-backed cloud computing. To source